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title: "Stdio"
description: "StdIO connector for MCP implementations API Documentation"
icon: "code"
github: "https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use/blob/main/libraries/python/mcp_use/client/connectors/stdio.py"
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View the source code for this module on GitHub: <a href='https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use/blob/main/libraries/python/mcp_use/client/connectors/stdio.py' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use/blob/main/libraries/python/mcp_use/client/connectors/stdio.py</a>
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StdIO connector for MCP implementations.

This module provides a connector for communicating with MCP implementations
through the standard input/output streams.

## StdioConnector

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<div className="text-black font-bold text-xl mb-2 mt-8"><code className="!text-black">class</code> StdioConnector</div>

Connector for MCP implementations using stdio transport.

    This connector uses the stdio transport to communicate with MCP implementations
    that are executed as child processes. It uses a connection manager to handle
    the proper lifecycle management of the stdio client.

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```python
from mcp_use.client.connectors.stdio import StdioConnector
```

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### `method` __init__

Initialize a new stdio connector.


**Parameters**
><ParamField body="command" type="str" default='npx' >   String value </ParamField>
><ParamField body="args" type="list[str] | None" default="None" >   List of items </ParamField>
><ParamField body="env" type="dict[str, str] | None" default="None" >   Optional environment variables. </ParamField>
><ParamField body="errlog" default="<_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stderr>' mode='w' encoding='utf-8'>" >   Stream to write error output to. </ParamField>
><ParamField body="sampling_callback" type="mcp.client.session.SamplingFnT | None" default="None" >   Optional callback to sample the client. </ParamField>
><ParamField body="elicitation_callback" type="mcp.client.session.ElicitationFnT | None" default="None" >   Optional callback to elicit the client. </ParamField>
><ParamField body="message_handler" type="mcp.client.session.MessageHandlerFnT | None" default="None" >   Parameter value </ParamField>
><ParamField body="logging_callback" type="mcp.client.session.LoggingFnT | None" default="None" >   Callback function </ParamField>
><ParamField body="middleware" type="list[mcp_use.client.middleware.middleware.Middleware] | None" default="None" >   Middleware instance </ParamField>

**Signature**
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def __init__(command: str = "npx", args: list[str] | None = None, env: dict[str, str] | None = None, errlog = <_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stderr>' mode='w' encoding='utf-8'>, sampling_callback: mcp.client.session.SamplingFnT | None = None, elicitation_callback: mcp.client.session.ElicitationFnT | None = None, message_handler: mcp.client.session.MessageHandlerFnT | None = None, logging_callback: mcp.client.session.LoggingFnT | None = None, middleware: list[mcp_use.client.middleware.middleware.Middleware] | None = None):
```

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